1988
Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime
and Imprisonment by US States

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Alabama

4,127,000

4,561.7

558.6

4,003.1

9.9

29.8

117.8

401.2

1,233.8

2,502.6

266.7

307.1

958.9

3.1

Alaska

513,000

4,921.6

522.8

4,398.8

5.7

57.7

72.9

386.5

842.3

3,101.6

455.0

343.6

962.7

2.8

Arizona

3,466,000

7,471.3

610.1

6,861.2

8.5

38.8

137.0

425.8

1,580.3

4,821.7

459.1

327.5

1296.2

4.0

Arkansas

2,422,000

4,219.6

422.7

3,796.9

8.7

32.2

84.1

297.6

1,091.8

2,492.3

212.9

235.6

802.4

3.4

California

28,168,000

6,635.5

929.8

5,705.7

10.4

41.8

305.8

571.8

1,447.1

3,314.5

944.0

259.2

1500.4

5.8

Colorado

3,290,000

6,178.3

472.6

5,705.7

5.7

38.6

98.8

329.5

1,383.1

3,900.6

422.0

176.7

1043.2

5.9

Connecticut

3,241,000

5,097.6

455.4

4,642.2

5.4

26.2

187.6

236.2

1,218.0

2,810.2

614.0

144.4

919.6

6.4

Delaware

660,000

4,799.1

451.7

4,347.4

5.2

74.4

118.8

253.3

1,040.6

3,003.6

303.2

340.8

886.4

2.6

Florida

12,377,000

8,937.6

1,117.7

7,819.9

11.4

49.7

403.3

653.3

2,294.3

4,760.6

765.1

281.8

1899.7

6.7

Georgia

6,401,000

6,326.6

665.3

5,661.2

11.7

46.4

243.6

363.7

1,610.8

3,495.8

554.6

285.3

1231.4

4.3

Hawaii

1,093,000

5,989.0

257.1

5,731.9

4.0

32.5

84.1

136.5

1,255.8

4,112.2

364.0

139.8

830.3

5.9

Idaho

999,000

3,973.0

234.7

3,738.2

3.6

17.9

20.2

193.0

870.0

2,692.0

176.3

160.4

608.5

3.8

Illinois

11,544,000

5,620.9

810.4

4,810.4

8.6

38.5

312.7

450.6

1,128.7

3,076.5

605.3

185.1

1291.4

7.0

Indiana

5,575,000

4,150.0

380.0

3,770.0

6.4

31.0

89.0

253.5

935.2

2,481.3

353.5

205.2

757.0

3.7

Iowa

2,834,000

4,076.7

256.8

3,819.8

1.7

15.7

39.9

199.5

854.3

2,803.4

162.2

109.6

638.8

5.8

Kansas

2,487,000

4,879.9

365.2

4,514.7

3.4

31.3

85.9

244.6

1,179.0

3,093.2

242.5

236.3

816.7

3.5

Kentucky

3,721,000

3,134.8

330.1

2,804.7

6.2

22.4

74.3

227.3

826.3

1,792.8

185.5

193.5

610.6

3.2

Louisiana

4,420,000

5,760.7

717.4

5,043.3

11.6

38.5

209.0

458.3

1,444.4

3,148.0

450.9

378.7

1221.7

3.2

Maine

1,206,000

3,577.7

157.4

3,420.3

3.1

18.6

25.8

110.0

816.9

2,398.7

204.7

100.8

499.4

5.0

Maryland

4,644,000

5,704.6

806.8

4,897.9

9.7

37.1

301.3

458.7

1,178.6

3,047.1

672.1

291.4

1296.6

4.4

Massachusetts

5,871,000

4,990.9

619.6

4,371.3

3.5

32.0

176.3

407.8

1,061.3

2,417.5

892.5

107.9

1056.7

9.8

Michigan

9,300,000

6,084.4

741.7

5,342.7

10.8

69.5

241.1

420.3

1,314.6

3,287.0

741.1

299.5

1276.0

4.3

Minnesota

4,306,000

4,314.7

290.1

4,024.7

2.9

31.0

94.7

161.4

909.6

2,775.8

339.3

65.2

692.6

10.6

Mississippi

2,627,000

3,592.8

325.2

3,267.6

8.6

36.2

77.2

203.3

1,281.0

1,820.3

166.4

281.0

652.0

2.3

Missouri

5,139,000

4,844.7

552.5

4,292.2

8.0

29.3

168.1

347.1

1,140.4

2,717.4

434.4

239.6

981.7

4.1

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Montana

804,000

4,267.0

123.0

4,144.0

2.6

16.8

22.6

81.0

703.6

3,224.0

216.4

159.0

537.4

3.4

Nebraska

1,601,000

4,140.0

273.2

3,866.8

3.6

24.0

56.1

189.4

765.2

2,912.8

188.8

131.5

659.9

5.0

Nevada

1,060,000

6,453.1

780.7

5,672.5

10.5

73.8

291.2

405.2

1,544.9

3,528.4

599.2

454.0

1348.0

3.0

New
Hampshire

1,097,000

3,333.9

147.9

3,186.1

2.3

25.2

21.1

99.4

682.7

2,275.7

227.7

94.1

466.5

5.0

New
Jersey

7,720,000

5,295.3

582.8

4,712.5

5.3

33.7

245.2

298.6

980.2

2,837.9

894.4

219.6

1054.1

4.8

New
Mexico

1,510,000

6,606.3

658.1

5,948.1

11.5

38.4

103.1

505.2

1,836.9

3,721.3

389.9

182.7

1252.9

6.9

New
York

17,898,000

6,309.3

1,097.3

5,212.0

12.5

30.6

544.4

509.8

1,218.3

3,133.8

859.9

248.4

1618.5

6.5

North
Carolina

6,526,000

4,862.2

501.9

4,360.4

7.8

28.1

108.6

357.4

1,391.2

2,718.8

250.4

250.8

937.9

3.7

North
Dakota

663,000

2,728.1

59.1

2,668.9

1.8

11.2

8.1

38.0

437.7

2,112.7

118.6

63.2

326.0

5.2

Ohio

10,872,000

4,645.3

452.0

4,193.2

5.4

42.6

161.4

242.7

1,031.4

2,762.6

399.2

245.1

871.3

3.6

Oklahoma

3,263,000

5,589.1

434.5

5,154.6

7.4

37.7

105.1

284.4

1,643.4

2,954.9

556.3

329.9

950.0

2.9

Oregon

2,741,000

7,058.7

545.7

6,513.0

5.1

40.5

193.0

307.2

1,764.1

4,154.4

594.4

218.6

1197.0

5.5

Pennsylvania

12,027,000

3,176.4

362.0

2,814.4

5.5

24.9

138.1

193.5

696.7

1,690.9

426.8

151.0

643.4

4.3

Rhode
Island

995,000

5,204.4

396.7

4,807.7

4.1

30.5

115.2

246.9

1,261.3

2,718.5

827.9

118.3

877.5

7.4

South
Carolina

3,493,000

5,412.3

741.2

4,671.2

9.3

42.7

124.7

564.4

1,416.2

2,950.3

304.7

378.1

1208.3

3.2

South
Dakota

715,000

2,581.0

113.7

2,467.3

3.1

26.9

12.2

71.6

517.9

1,853.8

95.5

146.1

360.4

2.5

Tennessee

4,919,000

4,469.4

532.7

3,936.7

9.4

44.7

173.6

305.1

1,237.9

2,156.0

542.8

160.3

926.4

5.8

Texas

16,780,000

8,017.7

652.6

7,365.1

12.1

48.4

234.2

357.9

2,157.2

4,407.9

800.1

242.6

1389.1

5.7

Utah

1,691,000

5,578.5

243.1

5,335.5

2.8

23.6

54.1

162.6

881.0

4,238.7

215.7

115.1

776.7

6.7

Vermont

556,000

4,240.5

142.3

4,098.2

2.0

23.0

16.0

101.3

1,096.8

2,804.1

197.3

100.6

552.1

5.5

Virginia

5,996,000

4,176.7

299.2

3,877.5

7.8

27.1

112.5

151.8

818.4

2,757.6

301.6

230.7

687.0

3.0

Washington

4,619,000

7,113.0

466.4

6,646.6

5.7

56.5

145.9

258.3

1,855.6

4,358.1

432.9

125.4

1131.1

9.0

West
Virginia

1,884,000

2,238.8

131.4

2,107.4

4.9

18.7

34.2

73.6

610.9

1,334.8

161.7

79.5

342.1

4.3

Wisconsin

4,858,000

3,972.0

214.4

3,757.6

3.0

19.9

67.1

124.5

729.2

2,759.3

269.2

131.2

590.2

4.5

Wyoming

471,000

3,967.1

314.0

3,653.1

2.5

24.0

15.1

272.4

658.8

2,851.8

142.5

203.2

679.3

3.3

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Horizontally
across the page are the categories.Vertically
along the left side are the states the categories
apply to.

State
= the State the crimes took place in.Population
= the population of the state as
estimated by the US Census Bureau. The
crime and inmate rates are both per 100,000 people for the year.Index
= the total number of reported crimes per
100,000 people for the year.Violent
Crime = the total number for each of the violent crime categories per
100,000
people for the year. Property
Crime =
the total number of the property crime categories per 100,000 people
for the
year. The
same applies for each of the
crime categories: Murder - Rape
- Robbery - Assault
- Burglary - Larceny
- Auto.

For
the Years 1978 to present there are three more
categories.The Inmate category =
the
number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal
correctional
authorities, on December 31. New
Index *
= Developed by the Disaster Center to examine how punishment is being
applied
to crimes. The
old index measured all
crime equally. One violent crime was equal to one property crime. There
are about ten times more property crimes than violent crimes.Half
of people are imprisoned for violent
crime and half for non-violent crime.To
make things relatively equal, we divided property crimes by ten and
added that
total to the number of reported violent crimes to create the new index.
.Index/
Inmates = We divide the new crime index
by the number of prisoners reported for each year to compare crime to
punishment
each year between the states and over the years.

For the table below we ranked each category with the highest rate
ranking 1 and the lowest ranking 50.

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Alabama

22

30

16

33

10

31

23

13

20

38

33

8

21

8

Alaska

49

24

20

24

26

4

37

14

38

17

18

4

20

4

Arizona

25

3

14

3

17

14

20

9

8

1

17

7

7

20

Arkansas

33

35

28

38

14

24

34

23

28

39

39

21

31

14

California

1

6

3

8

9

12

4

2

10

12

1

14

3

37

Colorado

26

11

22

9

25

15

29

19

14

8

23

30

18

39

Connecticut

28

22

24

22

28

36

13

32

22

27

10

36

25

41

Delaware

47

28

26

27

31

1

22

28

30

21

30

5

26

3

Florida

4

1

1

1

6

6

2

1

1

2

7

12

1

43

Georgia

11

9

10

11

3

8

8

15

7

11

15

11

11

25

Hawaii

40

13

39

7

35

23

33

42

18

7

26

37

29

40

Idaho

42

40

42

41

37

47

46

37

36

37

44

31

42

19

Illinois

6

16

4

18

15

17

3

8

26

19

11

28

8

46

Indiana

14

37

30

39

22

27

31

27

33

40

27

25

33

17

Iowa

29

39

40

37

50

49

41

35

37

29

46

43

40

38

Kansas

32

25

31

23

39

26

32

30

23

18

35

20

30

15

Kentucky

23

47

33

47

23

43

36

33

39

48

43

27

41

9

Louisiana

20

14

9

16

4

16

11

7

11

15

19

2

12

11

Maine

38

44

44

43

40

46

43

44

41

42

40

45

46

29

Maryland

18

15

5

17

11

20

5

6

24

20

9

10

6

26

Massachusetts

13

23

13

25

38

25

14

11

29

41

3

44

16

49

Michigan

8

12

7

12

7

3

9

10

15

13

8

9

9

22

Minnesota

21

32

37

32

43

28

30

40

34

30

28

49

34

50

Mississippi

31

43

34

44

16

21

35

34

16

47

45

13

38

1

Missouri

15

27

17

28

18

32

16

18

25

36

20

19

19

21

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Montana

44

33

48

30

45

48

44

47

44

14

37

33

45

13

Nebraska

36

38

38

36

36

39

39

38

42

24

42

38

37

31

Nevada

41

8

6

10

8

2

6

12

9

10

12

1

5

6

New
Hampshire

39

45

45

45

47

37

45

46

46

43

36

47

47

30

New
Jersey

9

20

15

20

30

22

7

22

32

26

2

23

17

28

New
Mexico

37

7

11

6

5

18

28

5

4

9

25

29

10

45

New
York

2

10

2

14

1

29

1

4

21

16

4

16

2

42

North
Carolina

10

26

21

26

19

33

26

17

13

34

34

15

23

18

North
Dakota

46

48

50

48

49

50

50

50

50

45

49

50

50

32

Ohio

7

29

25

29

29

11

17

31

31

31

24

17

28

16

Oklahoma

27

17

27

15

21

19

27

24

6

22

14

6

22

5

Oregon

30

5

18

5

32

13

12

20

5

6

13

24

14

33

Pennsylvania

5

46

32

46

27

38

19

36

45

49

22

34

39

23

Rhode
Island

43

21

29

19

34

30

24

29

17

35

5

41

27

47

South
Carolina

24

19

8

21

13

10

21

3

12

23

29

3

13

10

South
Dakota

45

49

49

49

41

35

49

49

49

46

50

35

48

2

Tennessee

16

31

19

34

12

9

15

21

19

44

16

32

24

36

Texas

3

2

12

2

2

7

10

16

2

3

6

18

4

35

Utah

35

18

41

13

44

41

40

39

35

5

38

42

32

44

Vermont

48

34

46

31

48

42

47

45

27

28

41

46

44

34

Virginia

12

36

36

35

20

34

25

41

40

33

31

22

35

7

Washington

19

4

23

4

24

5

18

26

3

4

21

40

15

48

West
Virginia

34

50

47

50

33

45

42

48

48

50

47

48

49

24

Wisconsin

17

41

43

40

42

44

38

43

43

32

32

39

43

27

Wyoming

50

42

35

42

46

40

48

25

47

25

48

26

36

12

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

These
pages
compare reported crimes and imprisonment rates for every 100,000 people
for each
year in the 50 United States and rank each State's crime/imprisonment
rates.

In order
to
compare crime to punishment we created a new crime index* and divided
that
index by the ratio of inmates to crimes of each state, as reported to
the Bureau
of Justice Statistics.In an important new way, this table links crime to
punishment within
and between the States.

The
traditional
crime index is made up of the total crimes committed in each State.The
problem with the old index is that it
provides equal weight to every crime and far more property
crimes are
committed than violent crimes.Since
violent criminals make up about half the prison
population and
about ten times more property crimes are
committed than violent crimes, for the
new index* we divided the number of property crimes by ten and
added to that the number of violent crimes to make up the new index*.

Since
we developed the tables:
"Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisonment by US
States 1978 - 2012",
we are interested in hearing how others use the table. Email: host@disastercenter.com